The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-27 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 46 minutes after 11 1 Evening U minutes after 0 THE LONDON UNION and NORTH of ENGLAND GENERAL SHIPPING COMPANY. At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS and SHARE HOLDERS, held 22d December, IM3B, It was unanimously resolved—That, in compliance with the wishes of the present Shareholders, and of numerous applications from the friends of the Company in the North of England, and other persons willing to become Proprietors, the shares of the Com pany be reduced to Twenty Pounds per Share, and the number increased to five thousand. That. a deposit of two pounds per Share be paid on allotment, and a further sum of three pounds on the fourth day of February next. That the remainder of the calls shall not exceed two pounds ten shillings per share, and such calls not to be made at intervals of less than three months. Application for the remaining Shares to be made (if by letter, post-paid) to Mr. Murray, solicitor, London-street, Fenchurch. street ; Messrs. Miller and Potter, 96, Lower Thames-street London ; at whose offices, or at the Bankers, prospectuses am further information may be obtained. MR. PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK. Now ready, and to be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PICTURES OF THE WORLD AT HOME AND ABROAD. By the Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," " Human Life," &c, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. publicatzon of THE SUN NEM SPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 07: 1§, 4 „, _ 071, WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1838. The average price of corn for the week ending the 21st inst., published to-day, is 78s. 4d. ; the average of the six weeks is 755. 5d.; the former is the same as last week, the latter is 11d. more. The average price recorded for the London market is 803. 10d., which st makes us apprehend that the price of wheat has not vet reached its acme, though it has not attained to-day, as we expected last Thursday it would, the price of 80s. WaLies in the agricultural districts being from 7s. to 9s. per week, the price is quite high enough for the advantage of the labourers. Their sufferings, however, and the temporary effects of the present high prices, are all independent of, and must be added to, those astounding effects which were first brought dis tinctly before the public by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and which were caused before the pre sent high prices alarmed the bulk of the people for their subsistence. 'We copy from the Chronicle an article on the dinner given by the Norfolk and Suffolk Agricultural Associ ation to the Marquis of Chandos, and recommend our Contemporary's remarks to public attention. The land- owners are summoning their vassals to the rescue, and declare aloud, that they are resolved to fight to the last for their privilege to plunder the rest of the community. Between them and the manufacturers, the battle waxes hot, and will, we believe, in the coming Session, cast party and personal politics into the shade. Their difference does not concern the Treasurer's staff, though its possession has before now provoked no trifling hostility—but the wealth, the station in society, and even the subsistence of large classes, and will be contested with the zeal and vigour suitable to such large and living interests. That the landowners will find considerable support amongst the monied classes, to whom they have mortgaged their property, we are convinced ; that many of those who dread the depreciation of all kinds of wealth from unrestricted intercourse with other nation's, will join them, we believe; but that the agricultural labourers who are starving on seven or nine shillings per week, or the humbled farmers who have been reduced by the Corn-laws to a state of pauper dependence on the land and tithe-lords, will be so stupid as to serve under the banner of those who plunder and degrade them, we shall be slow to credit. The contest will, nevertheless, be a severe one, and will require all the energy of the manufacturing and commercial classes, and the combined exertions of all reformers ) animated by a conviction that they must achieve a victory, or submit to poverty and hunger, and to the mortifica tion of seeing Great Britain lose all her national su periority. We are glad, however, to know that they are not idle, and we trust it will not be long before we shall have to announce that public meetings are to take place in all the boroughs, and even all the parishes of the metropolis, and that the Corporation of the City of London will agree to present an address to her MAJESTY on this vital subject. Now that the working population of London feel the effects of the Corn-laws in their own and their families' sufferings, is an excellent time, which we hope will not be lost, for imbueing them, by public discussion, with sound, political —economical principles. At the Bury meeting the Marquis of CHANDOS complained of the landowners being held up to public odium. The proud and rapacious landowners feel the pangs of public scorn, and the epithets we and others have applied to them, will, in spite of their assumed contempt for the public Press, rankle in their bosoms and embitter their existence. Their Corn-laws avail them nothing for peace and happiness, as long as the Press, the HAMAN of their envy, has the courage to hold up their scandalous conduct to the reprobation it deserves. The complaints of the Noble Marquis reminded us of the honourable fraternity of pick pockets, who say that Police, Juries, and Judges, are engaged in one great conspiracy against them. In such a general opposition consists the public pro tection against fraud. When the landowners keep their " hands from picking and stealing," for which they were possibly, i❑ their younger days, taught to pray, when they cease to pervert legislation from its legitimate end to the nefarious purpose of plunder ing the rest of the community to enrich themselves, we can answer for ourselves that then we shall cease, and not till then, to hold them up, as they richly deserve, to public odium. We must, in conclusion, say one word of the Mom ing Post, which, like the rest of the Tories, at present pretends to be smitten with a deep love of the canaille, as they call the working classes when they do not want to seduce them to their ruin. Following in the wake of the Mornina. Herald, though without capacity to state, like that Journal, a mass of fallacies to support its assertions, the Post dogmatically affirms that " the agitation which some I manufacturers and journalists are trying to g e t up , i s a piece of rank imposture," to supply " an excuse for the reduction of the wages of the working p eople." We have seen no recommendation of the agitation, coming as it does from the Tory advocate of coercion and oppression, so effectual as the assertion of the Post, that " the association of manufacturers against the Corn-laws are nothing better than foul and frau dulent conspiracies against the interests of the work- ing men. The Tories are desperately afraid, and therefore they make these strange and false assertions. They require no refutation, however, for happily the absur dity of declaring that those who seek to place a greater quantity of food, and at a cheaper rate, under the com mand of the working classes, have entered into a con spiracy against their interests, is as palpable as its error and its impudence. We copy a few observations from the Scotsman on the operation of the Corn-laws. They were accom panied with some others in which we do not agree with our Contemporary. The first of these is, that the present advance of price is not warranted by the shortness of the crop, and that it will decline. Our Contemporary's prediction was not verified—corn continued to rise in price after he had written. As he states that no supply can be got from the Continent, when he reflects on the circumstance that our country does not grow enough for her own consumption, and that there is now a necessity to husband our store to prevent possibly a still more dreadful famine next winter, he will begin, we think, to doubt whether his assertion is not as incorrect as his prophecy. The other assertion of our Contemporary is that the high price of corn is much less . injurious to the poor than its frequent and great fluctuations. The latter is an enormous evil, but the former, we believe surpasses it. A high price, if it mean anything, is equivalent to a deficient quantity. A deficient quantity of food curtails employment, stints comfort, stops the growth of population, which is the essential condition of a prosperous people, and starves multitudes out of existence. Both the effects men tioned by the Scotsman are withering, ruinous evils, and we only demur to his comparison. A high price of corn is synonymous with uninterrupted privation, and frequent and great fluctuations imply alternations of prosperity and enjoyment. The experience of the latter is not only a good of itself, but it prompts the people to desire always to obtain and keep it. For the moment it is e a benefit, and it leads to permanent im- provement. • The following table, from the British Almanac, shows the operation of the present Corn-law since it was passed in 1828. Highest and lowest price, (weekly averages, we presume, are meant) of wheat in each year :- Average for Character of Years. Highest. Lowest. the year. the Crop. 1828, 75.3 51.6 60 5 Scarcity. 1829, 75.3 56.3 66.3 Average crop. 1830, 72.11 56.1 64.4 Full average. 1831, 73 5 60.5 66.4 Nearly do. 1832, 63.5 52 5 58.8 Above do. 1833, 55.5 49.10 52.11 Do. 1834, 49.6 41.5 46.2 Do. 1835, 42.10 36.8 39.4 Do. 1836, 61.9 36.0 48,6 Do. 1837, 60.1 52.6 55.10 Under average. 1838, 77.0 52.2 1828 to 1838, 77.0 36.0 The real übject of the present Corn.law, as of its predeces sors of 1815 and 1822, was to force up prices above their na tural level, or, as Lord Fitz william expressed it, to keep up a "modified scarcity" in the country. Its professed object was to protect both the farmer and the consumer, by producing steadiness of price ; and it proposed to accomplish this by making the duty and the price bear an inverse ratio to each other. It was to protect the farmer, by making the duty high or prohibitory when prices were low,' and the consumer, by making the duty low or nominal, when prices were high. The preceding table shows that it has failed signally in both ways : it has neither protected the farmer against low, nor the con sumer against high, prices. In the very first year of the present Corn-law, the price of wheat varied from 51s. 6d. to 755. 3d., a difference of 46 per cent. In 1829, the variation amounted to 33 per cent; in 1830, to 30 per cent. ; in 1836, to no less than 71 per cent., and in the present it has amounted to 47 per cent. Let it be recollected that these are the variations within one year. If we extend the comparison over the first six years, the varia tion is from 495. 10d. to 755. 3d., or 51 per cant. ; if we extend it over the last five years, the variation is from 365. to 775., or 113 per cent. If a bounty had been offered for the best method of producing rapid and great fluctuations, we doubt if anything more perfect could have been found. There are reasons for exempting the trade in corn from im port duties, which are little applicable to other things. First, the other articles of foreign growth are merely luxuries, or at best conveniences, to the mass of the people, but corn at a moderate price is indispensable to the very existence of vast multitudes. A very high price of the prime necessary of life, consigns numbers of those who are at the bottom of the social scale, to a severity of suffering greater than the law inflicts upon some malefactors. To many it may be said to be equi valent to a sentence of death ; for numbers are carried off by the epidemics which always follow in the train of a dearth. It may be truly asserted that the Corn-laws have made widows and orphans by thousands. In the second place, the great bulk and weight of corn, compared with its value, operate as a protecting duty to the British farmer, by rendering impor tation expensive. It is certain that the charge for freight, insurance, and port-dues, amounts to Bs. per quarter upon grain imported from any of the larger continental markets. The foreign grower must therefore submit to a deduction of that amount before he can came into competition with the home grower in our markets. Ought not this to be considered a sufficient protection? The Corporation Reform Society held their weekly meeting on Thursday evening, Mr. lANNEN in the Chair. Before entering on the discussion of the plan of reform proposed for adoption in the Corporation of London, the Chairman drew the attention of the Society to the state of the coal trade. In consequence of what had passed on this subject at the last meeting, Mr. HANNEN has received a great many applica tions, strongly urging the Society to continue their efforts to break up the monstrous monopoly which still exists in the coal trade, and which presses so hard upon all, particularly on the poorest classes of the community. We are extremely glad to find that the Reform Society have,warmly entered into the public feeling in regard to this highly important. matter, and have no doubt that their exertions, if perseveringly continued, as we are sure they will be, will produce the most beneficial effects. They must, however, be backed by the exertions of the people themselves. Meetings should be held in the City ; the subject should be prominently brought forward at the Wardmotes ; every means, in short, should be adopted, to rouse the Cor poration from the sleep of death which seems to have overtaken them, and to impress upon them the necessity of protecting the citizens against the depre dations of the coal-conspirators. Thus supported, the Committee of the Corporation Reform Society, which was last night appointed to investigate the subject, will act with an authority which the City grandees will be compelled to respect. What must the public think of the management of these sage Corporators, when they find that the coal factors, the very monopolists whose first interest it is to keep a short supply of coals in the market, are per mitted to have the appointment, and to regulate the number, of the weighers. Can w e be sur prised that, under such an a►rangement, no more ships should be unloaded than can just feed the market, and maintain the commodity at the price which suits the seller. How comes it, but by such malpractices, that the coal factors can keep the price of coals to the public at fifty per cent. above what the Gas and Water Companies pay ? These Companies go the right way to work. They take their coals at once from the pit's mouth to the wharf, without being impeded by any of those restrictions with which the monopolists have contrived to fetter the trade to the public, who are not able to protect themselves, and whose natural protectors, the Corporation of London, have deserted them, or at least grossly neglected their interests. The Corporation people have indeed made a pre tence of doing away with the monopoly. They have aimed a sort of make-believe blow at it, and that is all. What has been the result of their harbour regulations which they have taken so much pains to parade before the public ? One effect of these highly lauded regu lations has been to throw obstructions in the way of thos e who have had the courage to set the monopolists at defiance. It appears from the proceedings at the Mansion House, on Thursday, that Captain YOUNG, who has never aubmitted to the tyranny of the com bined coalowners and factors, but has always un loaded his ship as soon as he arrived in the port of London, without regard to the system of turns ap pointed by the trade, complained to the LORD MAYOR of the pernicious working of the new rules in his case, YOUNG, in o in f other captains, similarly situated. Captain of his resistance to the Inonop°lists, has been excluded f rom the pr i v i lege of loading his vessel with any coals belonging to the coal confederacy. He has, however, been able to obtain coals enough for his purpose from owners who have not entered into the conspiracy af , ainst the public, and to make twelve voyages in the same time that market feeders make nine. He now feels the pressure of the new regulations, which, let him be ever so 'expeditious on his voyage, compel him to wait his turn in the River ! He used to go directly to the brewery for which his cargo was intended; he must now either go into a dock, paying 6d. a ton for accommodation, or, if allowed to unload in the fiat section into which he is put on arriving in the River, pay 2s. a ton to barge-owners for conveying his cargo to its destination. Such are the happy effects of the new by-laws. They show how well those who made them understood the nature of the trade for which they took upon themselves to legislate. The remedy for this is obvious enou4h ; but whether the ruling powers of the City will allow it to be applied is quite a different question. It is simply this, that all ships carrying cargoes already purchased should be exempted from the operation of the laws above men tioned, and allowed to proceed at once to the places where they are to unload. The Paris Journals of Tuesday announce the de termination of Ministers to hold out as long as pos sible. On Monday evening a meeting of their friends was summoned at the house of General JAcQuEMI NOT, to consider the means of defeating the efforts of the coalition to overthrow the present Cabinet, and to afford a rallying point to all their zealous supporters. Only 150 attended, and the written adhesions amounted but to seventeen. After some discussion it was agreed that the address should contain an elucidation of the Ministerial policy, and that the debate upon it should be conducted with frankness and sincerity. The number of suicides in France in 1836, accord inp;to the official return, was 6,529. Of general news there is absolutely nothing in these Journals. Advices from Constantinople of the 7th inst. have reached us. They bring no political intelligence of any interest. 'The Ramazan had put a❑ end to all business throughout the Turkish empire. EAST INDIES. The overland India Mail has arrived, via Marseilles bringin g dates from Calcutt a t o t h e 20 t h o f O cto b er, Ma _ dras 23d ditto, and Bombay Ist of No% ember. Tile Delhi Gazelle says—" We hear that. the force about to asst , mble at Ferozepore, will consist of nearly 13,000 fight ing men. The whole of the troops composing it will reach Fe rozepore by the end of Nov., when the Governor-Generals interview with the Leon rf the Punjaub will take place. After tha interview Lord Auckland will proceed to La hore, and the force, under Sir Henry Fane, will march (~I)ut the sth Dec.) is progress t, Shikarpore, where - it will ar:ive by the 25th January next. Preparations will be then and there made for ads ancing on Candahar and Herat, and from the latter place the troops will move upon Cabul, and re-seat Shah Shoojah on the Guddee." Captain Burnes had proceeded to Mithunkote, for the purpose of throwing a bridge of boats across the river there ; and a commissariat officer from Kurnaul had gone down to Shikarpore to collect grain and supplies for the ar toy. Shah Soojah . s regiments were, it is understood, to pro ceed in advance of our own troops to Shikarpore, and there await the arrival of Sir Henry's army. There was a report at Delhi that Mr. Hodgson, our President at Catmandoo, had quitted Nepaul, but the ru mour has subsequently turned out false. The Nepaulese have not attempted any further demonstration. By letters from Arracan, of a late date, we learn that there is a party in the Burmese State, who, if pro perly managed, may be made to find quite enough of occupation for Therawaddee. The heir apparent to the throne, who was supposed to have been mur dered at the time of the usurpation by Therawaddee has turned up. The people who were entrusted with his murder, murdered some other boy, and have now pro duced or threatened to produce the true heir, and to play him offagainst the usurper. The young Prince, if he play his game well, will find a sufficiency of work at home to keep the Burman King from entering into Goorka intrigues and machinations abroad. A despatch-boat had arrived at Rangoon with an account that 3,000 houses were destroyed by fire at Ainera poores, but whether by design or accident is not stated. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dec. 2: IRIS, made up from t h e R eturns o f th e Inspectors in the different aties and Towns in Englankl and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 7Ss 4d. f Oats Barley 36s 101 1 Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE ..1X WEEKS PRECEDING. .... . Wheat 7ss. sd. Oats 8ar1ey......... 3Is. lid I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat ls, Od. Oats ...... lOs. 9d. Beans. S. Pa Barley lOs.lod. I Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies equal to the demand, which was far from lively. Turbot 5s and 6s to 20s Soles 9d to 3s 6d per pair ; Lob sters is to 3s 6d each; Cod 2s to 10s; Meat—Beef 7d to Bid and 9d ; Mutton 74-d to 8d ; Veal 8d to 9k' ; Pork 7id to Bid. Vegetables in fair supply, but prices high. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supply to a fair extent, and prices cheaper rather that yesterday. Turbot, 7s. to 255. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 10s. and 12s. each ; Whiting, 3d. to 6d. each ; Haddock, sd. and 6d. to 10d. and Is. each. HAY MARKETS. The supplies to•day were but moderate. Good Meadow Hay was in demand; but the call for Clover and other kinds was moderate only. Meadow Hay, 80s. to 100 s. ; First cut Clover, 80s. to 115 s. ; Second Cut, 84s. to 100 s. ; Straw, 32 ,, . to 38g. THE LONDON MARKETS FOR MERCHANDIZE. --- There is no business whatever doing, either by public sale or private contract, nor will there be any during the present week, which is a holiday week. Most of the merchants and traders are not in town. OPENING OF THE POST-OFFICE ON SUNDAYS. —A very large meeting was held yesterday evening in Exeter Hall, Strand, for the purpose of adopting a memo rial to Government in opposition to the scheme for opening the Post-Office on Sundays. The meeting was convened by some of the leading Dissenters. Sir Culling Eardley Smith was in the chair, and spoke at considerable length. He said the opposition to the proposed measure had not been confined to individuals of any particular creed, either in religion or politics, but had been equally vehement with members of ail parties who wished to prevent the desecra tion of the Sabbath, or to preserve it as a day of rest from the turmoil of business. He thought that if the slightest infringement on the sanctity of the Sabbath were permitted to the Post-Office, the evil would rapidly extend itself ; if letters were despatched to Yorkshire now, they would very speedily be dispatched to Grosvenor-square likewise. He alluded to the desecration of the Sabbath in Paris, where, he stated, the business of the Post-Office was uninter rupted ; and expressed an opinion that if London had Paris post-offices now, it would not be long before it had Paris Sundays. A number of gentlemen subsequently addressed the meeting, and moved resolutions condemnatory of the proposed measure, which were carried unanimously. It was stated in the course of the evening that a petitton on this subject had been signed in a very short time by up wards of 6,000 teachers of Sunday schools. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, M.P., and Lady Graham, left Fossil House yesterday morning-, for Netherby Hall, in Cumberland. The Ladies Louisa and Mary Cathcart, Sir William Rae, and the Rev. Dr. Chalmers departed the same day from the same mansion. On Saturday Mr. Alison entertained a large party at dinner, embracing besides the distinguished guests already mentioned, his Grace the Duke of Montrose. the Most Noble the Marquis of Douglas, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Fleming, Kirkman Finlay, Esq., of Toward Castle ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Douglas, Capt a i n G ra h a m, R.N., of Netherby ; th e R ev . James Graham, of Netherby : J. G. Hamilton, Esq., o f Blantyre ; Robert Monteith, Esq., younger, of Carstairs ; Lieutenant Gerald, of Rochsoles, 92d Regiment, & e . The Principal and most of the Professors were amongst the guests on Thursday. We are gratified by learning that Sir James and Lady Graham have left town highly grati fied by the reception they have met from all classes of the community.—Glasgow Courier of Tuesday. REcit oiTs.—An excellent order has lately been circulated among the recruiting officers in the army, prohi biting them from enticing, ensnaring, and entrapping raw recruits, by holding out false promises of promotion, acqui sition of money, &c. ; and also that if any person, while in a state of intoxication, should wish to enlist into the ser vice, he shall be refused, and be desired to call again and make his application when sober, so that he shall be in a suitable state to judge of his own conduct. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCA We have received Canton papers, a week later, to the Ist of August. By the above Papers we learn that the Governor has received orders, from Pekin, to meet his colleagues, and consult and decide upon some measures for punishing opium smokers. After the expiration of a year, those who persist in smoking, when seized for the first time, are to be branded on the face with two characters (" Yen fei"—smoking blackguards), and set at liberty. When seized a second time they are to be punished with one hundred blows, and banished from their homes for three years ; and the third time they are to be beheaded. When the new Lieutenant-Governor arrives anothe Council will be held on the subject., and measures determined upon, which will be made public by proclamation. OFFICIAL REMARKS—IMPORTS. CAMLETS-Dull as ever. Corros.—Several parcels of Bombay staple have been diTosed of during the week, without any improvement in price, but there is an activity in the market which indicates a British demand from the interior, particularly for cotton of good quality. The stock of Bengal Cotton being small, prices are fully maintained. COTTON YARN.—Difficult of sale, especially the inferior qualities. IRON.—We have lately had considerable importations, and prices in consequence have fallen. LONG CLOTHs.—Continue declining, and purchasers are shy of coming forward. OPlUM.—Prices have been fluctuating a little under. Small sale of the Bengal and Malwa drug; and lately Patna has advanced, in consequence of the fears entertained of the safety of the Antonio Pcricro. Our quotations of Turkey are nominal, for at present there is not the least demand. Deliveries of Opium from the Ist to the 22d Ju!y.—Patna, old, 64 ; new, 452. Benares, old, 39 ;I new, 193. Malwa, old, 449.—T0ta1, 1,197. Woollens nothing doing. During last week few sales of British manufacture have been made, in consequence of the uncertainty of the duties to be levied by the new Hoppo, who has evinced a strong disposition to innovate, and give unnecessary trouble. Exchange :—Some Navy Bills, at three days' sight, have lately been negotiated at 4s. 31d. per dollar. Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 21st October have been received. The following are extracts : " From the frontier we have nothing new of importance. The emigrant farmers, it seems, have had another conflict with the Zooids. " The Governor has issued the following notice to the colonists, who it appears arc to join the United Army' in its future operations against the Zoolas : " GOVERNMENT NOTICE. " Information having been received by Government, that it is the intention of certain inhabitants of the ❑orthern district of the colony to join the emigrant farmers, with the view of co-operating with them in an attack on the Zoolas, his Excellency the Governor desires to warn those persons, that if they persist in those designs, and carry them into execution, he will he forced, however unwillingly, into the adoption of measures which cannot but prove in the highest degree unfavourable to the interest of the emi grants themselves. " By his Excellency's command, " JOHN BELL, Secretary. " Colonial Office, Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 18, 1838. " Mr. Ogle, who left Port Natal on the 3d September, and arrived at Graham's Town, gives a similar account to that. previously received of the Zoolas having been twice repulsed in an attack they made on he emigrants' camp, 100 miles from Natal. He further adds, that upwards of 890 farmers had taken up their residence at Port Natal, and were actively employed in ploughing and sowing." New Brunswick Papers received to the 23d of Nov. Capt. Farmer's Company of the llth Regiment arrived from Annipolis, in the Maid of the Mist, on Thursday evening ; and the detachment stationed at St. Andrew's, under Lieutenant Tobin, also arrived on Thursday, in the Nova Scotia. The head-quarter's division of the regiment (three companies and the band), which arrived in town from Fredericton last Tuesday, returned to that place by a steamer yesterday morning. The 11th will be conveyed to Quebec on sledges when the winter roads become good, should their services be required. The Medea steamer, with the last company of the 93d, arrived at Quebec on the 12th. HEAD QUARTERS, FREDERICTON, Nov. 12.—Accounts this day received from Canada having rendered it neces sary again to send forward all her Majesty's disposable troops for the support of the Queen's authority, the protec tion of the lives and property of her Majesty's loyal sub jects, and to arrest the progress of rebellion in that Pro vince, the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief invites the younger, more active, and least encumbered of the loyal militia population of New Brunswick, to come forward and enrol themselves in the Volunteer Corps, which, it is intended to raise, for the service of this Province. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 93i 94 for the Ac. count, opened this morning at the same quotation ; Re duced. 93*. Exchequer Bills, 65 67. India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 2021- 203 ; India Stock, 262 263. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal as yet, no business doing. Spanish Active maintains the price of 161 i ; Portuguese, 301 ; Three per Cents., 19i- 20 ; Belgian, 99 ; Mexican, 221 231 ; Colombian, 25:1 26 ; Brazilian, 761 771 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half,, 54i i,. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The large quantity, viz., 12,500 bags of American Cotton, sold on Monday in one line, which was announced at the close of that day's market, has induced the manufacturers to buy more largely, and the total sales this day were 12,000 bags at higher price, 18,000 of which were purchased by the trade, and the remainder on speculation. Consols have just improved to 94* i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 per Cent• 100 % 14 Old Annuities Ditto Red New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A iinuities to expire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 14% 15-16 Ditto Small 65 67 pin Oct. is, 1859 Ditto Commercial _ pm. Jan. 5, 1861 — Ditto Advertised ...... ... pm. Jan. 5, 1885 — Bank Stock for Account April 5, 188(1 — India Stock for Account I Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 9lh PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bondi — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds i (At() Account Colmnbian Bonds i Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account ' Ditto Accot it l6?i% Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent. ...... ... —f. --c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 4 per cent ... ...... —f. —c. Ditto Account ---- 3 per cent. —f —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent._ Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2L per cent . ....... —5414% Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account 54% 5 Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at W. pm.) 20 litto St. John del Rey l4 5 Great Western Railway Company ... 65 76% Brighton Railway Lon.inii and kireenwich Railway Company 2 ,1 17 Loudon and Southampton Railway Company London and Southampton (New) Railway 4O 39. E Ditto New Scrip South Eastern and I)over Railway Company 9 3N, HALF-PAST ONE. Since our twelve o'cloek article has been written, Canton Papers of a later date have been received to the 15th August, via Marseilles by Mr. Waghorn's overland dis patch. Trade was very dull there, and the imports of Cotton goods excessive, so that the prices were much de pressed, the holders of New Silk were asking exorbitant prices, but no sales had been made—only a few chops of New Tea had been received at Canton, and nothing was doing. Exchange, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 7d. ; Freight, 51. Since the early part of the morning Consols have im proved from 93- to 94 for the Account to 941. This rise may be attributed to the Bears been rather alarmed at a further rise, have bought in their accounts. Government Brokers purchased about five thousand reduced, at 931. Report says, that in this Quarter's revenue there will be a great deficiency. Reduced, 934 ; Exchequer Bills, •65 67 ; Bank Stock, 2021 203 ; Spanish Active, 164 ; Por tuguese, 30 3 ; Three per Cents., 20 ; Brazilian, 773. Colombian, 0.51 261; Mexican, 221 ; Belgian, 99 100 Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 544 55. A little business is doing in Shares. Great Western, 114 prern. Brighton, 31 discount. On Tuesday the 18th inst. Charles Scarisbrick, Esq , accompanied by Sir Henry B. Hoghton, entered his coverts and game preserves, at Wrightington Hail, about half after ten in the morning, for the purpose of enjoying the sport of rabbit shooting, and continued to enjoy that sport till half after four in the afternoon, making six hours' actual sport. In this space of time they killed 989 head of game out of 1,007 shots, making 18 ineffective shots. The game killed consisted of 985. rabbits, 3 pheasants, and 1 hare.—Wigan Gazette. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., will entertain during the holidays a large and fashionable circle at Tredegar Park, in Monmouthshire. A fellow calling himself Samuel Rogers, but who is known by the names of Taylor, Johnston, Penzala, and numerous other aliases, was yesterday committed to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months, by the Brcntford Magistrates, having been detected pursuing his avocations in that quarter. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) These Sessions comnyinecd this morning before Mr. Serjeant ADAms and a full . Bench of Magistrates. The calendar is a light one, there being only twenty-six prisoners charged with felony. StioPLIFTI .---Jane Steer and Elizabeth Illilstead, two very respectable-looking young women, were indicted for stealing forty yards of blond-qUilling and four pair of kid gloves, the property of Benjamin Harvey. The pro secutor is a Imberdasher, residing at Knightsbridge. On the evening of the 22d of December the prisoners came to his shop to purchase some trifling articles, and while there their conduct excited the suspicion of the shop man, who informed the prosecutor, by whom the prisoners were charged with stealing some lice and other articles from off the counter. They denied it at first, but after wards admitted they had stolen some lace, which Steer pro duced from under her cloak. The other prisoner then produced the gloves, which she had concealed in a similar mariner. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty. The prosecutor recommended them both to mercy, having ascertained that they had hitherto borne a good character. The COURT sentenced them to four months' irx:prison ment in the House of Correction. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 26. —Wind S. W., fresh breezes.—Came down from the river and proceeded the London, Turner, for Jamaica; Jack, Rees, Cape Coast Castle. Arrived and pro cF•eded for the river the Stratheden, Cheap, from Madras ; Havannah, Primrose, Havannah ; Ferguson, Robertson, Ba- tavia. Put back to Margate Roads the Druid, Thomas, for Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26. Hazy, blowin g hard from S. W., accompanied with rain.—Arrived the Nancy, Kieley, from Youghal ; Warwick, Lamton, Shields; George Canning, Byron, St. Übe's; her Majesty's ship Malabar, Bermuda; Daring, Miller, Marseilles. Arrived and proceeded for Lon don the - John, Cooter, Bembury ( Walls), Albion, and Hen zell ; Ranger, Dring, do. ; Australia, Forrester, do. ; Cey lon, Cox, do. ; Mary Ann, Marshall, do. Sailed her Ma jesty's cutters Seaflower and Cracker, for Bristol ; Isis, Oak, Sealtam ; Felicity, Winsor, London. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind N. E.—Arrived, the Com merce, Morel, from Messina ; Confidence, Angel, from Water ford, for London, with loss of fore-yard. Sailed, the Triumph, Green, for the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay; Volu sia, Ruff,l, Jamaica ; Triumphine, Toulon ; Trevor, Lines, Smyrna ; Dorabe, Delani, Bordeaux ; Premier, Hopper, Leghorn; Prima Donna, St. Ives and the Mediterranean ; Noormahal, Bown, Llanelly and Bahia. FALMOUTII, DEC. 26.—Wind N. E., moderate breezes and fine.—Arrived, the Alarm, Hannington, from London; Ada mant, Robert, ditto ; Falmouth, Amen, ditto. Sailed, the Sophia Maria, Anderson, for Surinam ; Nuna, Duff, St. Michael's ; Nymph, Earwicker, ditto ; Rebel, Spriggs, Corfu; Maple, Penzance and the Mediterranean; Three Sisters, M'Greek, Waterford; Royal Adelaide (steamer), Soy, Dublin ; Sirius, Mowle, Curk. COWES, DEC. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Elizabeth and Maria, Bergus, from Amsterdam. YARMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Sailed, the Tyro, Woolverton, for Leghorn ; Hunter, Naples; Tallyho, Taylor, Venice. LIvERPOOL, DEC, 26.—Wind S. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the Mary Hartley, Jones, from Denia ; Pantaloon, Alex andria; Phantom, Odessa; Betsey, Constantinople; Mary Appleby, Mackie, and Emerald, Trieste ; Wave, Wilhnar, Seville ; Mary, M.Kenzie, Lisbon ; Alice, Crowther, Trieste. Sailed the Mars, Bowers, for Mobile ; Ellen, Rushback, Acapulco ; Adelaide, Manger, Palermo ; Jeune de Crag, St. Übe's; Hebe, Thompson, Leghorn; Frederick, Constan tinople; Trenacria, Legane, Messina. HULL, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Flora and Neptunus, Bram, from Altona; Robert Rackes, Joh, Hamburg ; Jeune Cle nerhue, Smit, Antwerp; Angelina Catherine, Gothea, Kolh brandt ; Mather, Nicholson, Quebec ; Chase, Brown, Riga ; Vernal, Mills, Aurora, Elsfleth, Maria Dorothea, Wallmer, Fortuna, Beck, and Euranus, Hamburg ; Echo, Altona. BRISTOL, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Lord Canterbury, Tripp, from Miramichi ; Pendarves, Messina. JERSEY, DEC 24.—Arrived the Wave, Wilson, Arichat. MARGATE, DEC. 25.—The Deux Freres, Westerling, from London to Antwerp, was assisted in here leaky —cargo dis charging. RAMSGATE, DEC. 25. Arrived the Albreith, from Ham burg; Robert Secundo, from ditto; Isabella, from Lisbon, after being on shore at the entrance of Sandwich, having been assisted off without apparent damage. The Palmyra, Reed, from Norway to Trieste, is still on shore at Brandon Bay. KILRUSH, DEC. 24.—The Shannon packet, from Limerick to Portsmouth, was driven on shore on Scatlery Islands yester day, has received considerable damage, SHEERNESS, DEC. 26.—The Vriendschaft, De Wiever, from Amsterdam to London, came into this harbour last evening, with starboard bow much damaged, having been in contact with the Star smack, of Ramsgate, in the west wind. JERSEY, DEC. 24.—The Activitie, from Regneville to this port, ran on shore on the 22d instant, during a fog—crew and cargo saved, the latter with damage. BELFAST, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Thomas Gelston, Miligan, Quebec ; Salvatorium, Dantzic ; Amelia, Coates, London. HUMBER, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Holderness, Wilson, from Hamburg; Bee, Best, ditto; Sarah, Pratt, Altona; :Wil ton, Ransom, Riga; Ricardo, iquus, St. Petersburg ; Vo lunteer, Recbes,%Richebucto. Lairn, DEC. ' 24.-Arrived the Glasgow, Morrison, from Hamburg ; Columbus, Pearson, St. Petersburg ; Hamburg Packet, Taylor, Hamburg. CLYDE, DEC. 25.—Sailed the Alexandre, Harrow, Para. STARCROSS, DEC. 24..—Arrived the George Sutton, Archer, from St. Übe's ; Elizabeth, St. Michael's. Sailed the Re nard, for Cadiz. The Thetis, Paine, from Hamburg to London, struck on a rock and sunk—crew saved. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. ANTWERP, Dxc. 25.—The Dutch Journal, Avondbode, of the 23d, publishes the following letter from Frankfort, dated 19th December. It is confirmed that the German Diet has, through the medium of Prussia and Austria, the most power ful Members of the Confederation, addressed an energetic note to the Conference at London, concerning its right to Luxemburg. The German Diet will in no case yield an iota of its rights; and its power is a guarantee that Belgium will not attack them with impunity. The exchange of des patches between London and Frankfort is accordingly very frequent. I can mention another fact. On Sunday last General Von Bouttell, Commander-in-Chief in the Rhenish provinces, arrived here, and alighted at the hotel of the Russian Minister to the Diet ; and before the evening set out again for Mayence and Coblentz. General Von Bou_ tell, who lately inspected the fortress of Luxemburg, had a long conference with the Pussian Minister, M. Von Scholen, who acts as President of the Diet during the absence of Count Munch Bellinghausen. He concerted with him respecting the events which are preparing in Luxemburg. We may therefore reckon on a decisive step of the German Diet, what ever may be the opinion of the French Chambers on the sub ject. Meantime hopes are entertained that peace will be pre served, and that Belgium is only making a show for which Leopold and Louis Philippe really feel repugnance.--Journal du Commerce d'Anvers, Dec. 25. (From the Principality of Reuss, Dec. 12.) It is here positively affirmed by eye-witnesses that an august personage has formally accepted the congratulations offered on the contract of marriage concluded between Queen Vic toria of England and Duke Albrecht, the second son of the Duke of Saxe- Coburg.—Leipsic Allgemeine Zeitung. BELGIAN r UNDS—BaussEta, DEc . 24. actual Debt, Lyn per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 9B Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4} Q per Cent. 139 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 65 —Brussels Papers, Dec. 24. 'AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEc. 17. live per Cents. Metalliques Fear per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1197 54 —4llgenteine Zeitung, Dec. 22. REPEAL OF STURGES BOURNE'S ACT IN IS-. LINGTON.—A numerous meeting of the inhabitants and rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, (which did not separate until a late hour,) took place on Monday evening at the King's Head, High-street, for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain the repeal of the 58th Geo. 111. cap. 69, and the 59th Geo. 111. cap. 12, called Sturges Bourne's Acts ; as also the sth of Geo. IV. cap. 125, called the Islington Act, which disqualifies any rate payer from being present to have a voice or vote in the Vestry, unless rated or assessed to the Poors'-rates to the to the amount of 20/. ; as also to form a Society to ad vance parochial Reform in the parish. Resolutions were carried to the effect that all inhabitants and rate-payers were eligible to become Members of the Society, and that all Officers of the Society be honorary ; and a great num ber of those present having enrolled their names, there is a great probability that such a Society will be formed and be found very useful. The next meeting is to be on Mon day week. On Christmas-day Thomas Moore, a convict, who had been tried at the October Session, at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to ten years' transporta tion, for stealing a silver watch, effected his escape from the Hye hospital -ship, off Chatham. It appeared that the convict had passed muster at mid-day, but was shortly afterwards missed, and was no where to be found. A short time previous to his being missed a boat, in which a female was observed, and which had been lying off the Hyc, had been observed to row rapidly towards the Essex shore, and very little doubt remains that the plan for his escape had been preconcerted, and that the convict, who was an excellent swimmer, had swam towards the boat, and had been pieked up by the party in it. Yesterday Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, waited on the Magistrates of Lambeth-street Police-office, from whence Moore had been committed for trial, to inform them of . his escape, and Shields and Cook. two active officers belonging to the esta blishment, to wbona the person of Moore is well known, went in pursuit of him. BRIGHTON .c . _ y W WEDNESDAY.—In i'onsequetic- of the unsettled wi haler her MajLsty Las not left the Palace this day. `Fix Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wvn yard, drove out in the morning after luncheon. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Hon. Miss A. Murray, also took a carriage drive. Her Royal I high ness alighted, and walked for some time on the W€ :stern Esplanade. _ . The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar chioness of TaviAock as Lady in Waiting. The latter lady has left for Putney. The following changes in the Royal suite have taken place to-day t—General Sir NV in. Lumley succeeded the Hon. Major Keppel. as Groom in Waiting. - Tile Marquis of Headtort succeeded Viscount Torrington, as :Lord in Waiting. General Trevor and Mr. and Mrs. Brand left the• Palace this morning for Glynde. Viscountess Torrington it;so took her departure. V: qou:it Torrington is staying at the Palace on a visit to her Majesty. The folio wing have called at the Palace this morning and left their names :—The Duke of Richmond and the Earl of March, Dowager Lady Brownlow, Lady and the Misses rfrollope, Lady and Miss Blackwood, Countess of Chi chester, and Rear-Admiral Skipsey. The Bishop of Chichester is visiting Mrs. Burgoyne, in Regency-square. _ _ Lord Melbourne and the Hon. G. Byng (Comptroller of the Household) are expected this evening at the Palace to dinner. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne lett town yesterday morning on a visit to her Majesty at the Pavilion, at Brighton. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Lieut.- Colonel Reid, and Mr. Charles D. Wittenoom, bad inter views with Lord Gleneig yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Right Hou. C. Poulett Thomson has left town on a visit to Sir Charles Taylor, Bart., at his seat, Hollycombe, Sussex. Despatches were received yesterday at the C'olonia. Office from Major-General Middlemore, Governor of St. Helena. The Marquis of Normanby entertained Viscount Mel bourne and a party at dinner, on Christmas-day, at the Clarendon Hotel. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham and family, at the Sackiille Hotel, Sackville-street, from Leamington ; Philip Joseph Salomons, Esq., and Mrs. Salomons, at their house, in Up per Wimp ol e- s tree t. DEPAIZTLTRES. Colonel England, 40th Regiment, and Mrs. England, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville.street ; Stuart, Esq., and Hamilton, Esq., from ditto ; the Hon. Captain Blackwood and son, from ditto, for Ireland; Colonel Sir Ralph Howard, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn.street ; Lord Stradbroke, from ditto, for Henham Hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Buttenshaw and Miss Edmeads, from ditto, for Foot's Cray ; Talbot Patteson, Esq., from Bushey, Herts, for Malahide Castle, Ireland. BEI.VOIR CASTLE, DEC. 24.—A family party are assembled. The Duke of Rutland commences receiving company on the Ist of January ; on the 4th, the grand state party will be given, to which all the elite of the district are invited. The Dukes of Cambridge and Wellington will be amongst the guests, with Sir Robert Peel and a brilliant circle of the Nobility. - - - - The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are displaying their usual hospitality at Buchanan House, Dumbartonshire. The Marquis of Hendon left town yesterday for Brighton. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster gave their annual entertainment to the children educated at the Grosvenor schools in Cheshire the latter end of last week. These schools, established by the Noble Marquis, have been founded upwards of twenty years, and have contri buted lirgely to the present prosperous condition of the fa mily tenantry in that district. The bays were examined by the Marquis of Westminster, in the presence of the Mar chioness, Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Lord Belgrave , Ladies Grosvenor, &c., staying at Eaton. Hall, when prizes adequate to their deserts were awarded by their liberal be nefactor. One hundred and thirty boys and one hundred girls were recipients of books, fine gowns, &c. At the termination of their examination a substan.tial dinner of roast beef, plum pudding, and ale, was given to the c hildren. The Earl and Countess of Cadogan and their daughters, the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan, left Rome on the 24th of last month, for Naples, where they are at present residing with Viscount and Viscounte ss Chelsea. The family are expected to return to this coo l ' try early in February. The Earl of Surrey entertained a family party a t Little Hampton on Christmas Day. The Earl of Plymouth displayed his usual hospita lityon Christmas flay at Knowle Park.near Strycnooks ; and at Broomsgrove, Worcestershire. Lady Dover and her sons, Viscount Clifden and Lord Dover, are expected in town early in the ensuing week from Dublin Castle, where they are passing the Christmas with Viscount Morpeth, M.P. Lord William Hervey has arrived at Paris, where he joined the Earl and Countess of Jermyn, the Hon. Mr. - and Lady Georgiana Grey, from the British Embassy at Madrid. _ The Honourable General William Maitland is now on a visit to his brother, the Earl of Lauderdale, in Scotland. LATIMERS.—The Hon. C. C. Cavendish enter tained a family party on Christmas Day, among whom were Lord and Lady Charles Cavendish. The Hon. William Bingham Baring and Lady Harriet are passing the season at the Grange, in Hamp shire, the seat of Lord Ashburton. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON.- -We regret to announce the death of the venerable Earl of Cla rendon. His Lordship expired at his residence, W aim g er.. terrace, Deal, at five minutes past one o'clock, P.M. , op turday last, the 22d ii.stant. The death of the Noble l' er d was sudden. In the morning h e h a d b een we ll enough to frank a number of letters. The late John Charles Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, and Baron Hyde, of Hindon, in th e Peerage of Great Britain ; Chief Justice in Eyre of Trent ; Prothon o tary of th e C oun ty Palatine Eyre, North f Lan caster, and P.C., and also a C oun t i n th e kingdom o f Prussia, was born on the 14th o f N ovem b er , 1757, and sue .- seeded to the title on the d ea th o f hi s b ro th er , Thomas, se cond Earl, on the 7th of M arc h, 1824. His Lordship ba g left no children, his only d aug ht er , L a dy H arr i e t Maria Villiers, having died in 1835. Th e l ate 'Earl is succeed ed in his titles and estates by hi s nep h ew , Si r G eorge Frederick Villiers ( now E ar l o f Cl aren d on ), our Ambassa dor at Madrid. Th e p resen t E ar l was b orn on the 12th o f January, 1800, and is unmarried. The seat of Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart., at Nor manby, was the scene of a most cold-blooded murder, ea rl y in the morning of Thursday, the 13th inst. The unfor tunate victim was Storey Jackson, a watcher, emploYe d the game preserves at Normanby. The perpetrator of th. e sanguinary deed was a poacher, who, we regret to soh 19 yet at large. The Police Gazette of yesterday o ffers a.r e " ward of 1001. to a n y p erson w h o will give such informat l°ll as shall lead to the conviction of the murderer or m u " derers. Lady William Gordon, who succeeded to the larg e estates of the Marchioness of Hertford, at Temple N evi ,; ham, has benevolently reduced the whole of the rents per cent. --Worcester Herald. THE WEATHER.—The changes in the temper alt ld• re within the la s t th ree or f our days have been rons tr d aP p l e: On Sunday last the weather was mild for the adva ne as riod of th e season , th e mercury i n t h e open air stajicl shifted high as 46 degrees ; b u t d ur i ng th e n i g h t t h e Wild : towards the east, ac com p an i e d b y a co ld driz"l'',' rain, the which continued during the whole of Monday: evening the w i n d v eere d roun d to t h e north, and morning on Christ mas -d a y th e d ense c l ou d s w hic" the sun days covered th e s k y su dd en l y c l eared away, od rose in all hi s ma j esty . A s ear l y as seven o 'clock began to f reeze w i t h a cutt i ng wind, and by noon t ne ponds a n d p oo l s i n t h e env i rons o f town were frozen overt the thermometer standing at 24 degrees, or 8 degrees below freezin g p o i n t. At. three o'clock in the afternoon the °ler cury had sunk t o 20 d egrees , and after the shades of the had u towards for evening had clo se d i n th e s everity of the frost so muc h in creased that at twelve o'clock the mercury had fallen to 16 degrees. Towards morning yesterday, wind shifted to the west, and about nine o'clock to the south, soon after which clouds again obscured the heavens, and as the day advanced all symptoms of the frost gradually passed away, and last evening the thermometer had risen to 32 degrees, with , a strong wind alul driving sleet. BENTLEY 's MISCLLANY FOR JANUARY, in ad dition to its usual variety, will contain the commencement of Mr. HarrisonAi , . • nsuorth s " Jack Shepherd," Mr. Lover's however, the Handy Andy," and Mr. Dickens's celebrated " Oliver Twist." MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " THE WIDOW 4V,, are requested to state that the new novel entitled " The Wid ow Barnaby," by Mrs. Trollope, author of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," s c c, in three vols., post Svo., price T wenty- f our Shillings), is published this day, by Mr. Bentley, Newßurlington. street, and may now be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. Mr. Bentley has also just published the second edition of " Oliver Twist," by , C;;ari.!:; Dick EFII., 0,17f,11er of " Th , to zi vols., small tivo., bound, price Twenty-five Shillings, with Twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikabank.